I'm very interested in the history of Byzantium and I am looking for a good book on the history of the Byzantine empire

... and did they accomplish it? How was it received among black South Africans at the time, both Zulu and non-Zulu?

Thanks!

Besides making sure I don't rely on wikipedia, youtube or anticiquated stereotypes, I want to do a bit more research into the lore of ninja, from the origins to the code and teachings, as well as the myths that helped inspried the myths but I'm not sure where to look.

By the time Europeans sought to conquer the New World, the diseases they brought at first contact in the late 15th century and onward had already spread ahead of them and killed off a significant portion of the indigenous inhabitants. Is there any evidence of something similar happening in the 9th-10th century when Norse explorers reached Canada? There is evidence of interactions with Indigenous Americans at the time, which would presumably allow for the spreading of germs that cause a similar spread of disease. Did this happen? If not, why not?

I've seen many famous Early Modern and Modern military outcomes attributed to logistics: Napoleon's wide-ranging successes, the early success of the Schlieffen plan in WWI, the British failure in the Crimean War, and so on. I'd like to understand more about how military logistics in post-Medieval Europe evolved, both in the field and at centralized headquarters. What specific factors made a particular commander or organization "good" or "bad" at keeping their army supplied? How did challenges in military supply change over time? Was logistical theory taught at war colleges in various times and places?

Sources would be very welcome so that I can read further! Thanks.

Were there large state owned smithies producing helmets, gladii and loricas in batches of hundreds?

Did the state contract private manufacturers across the empire and provide standardized blueprints?

Was it a bit of both in ad hoc?

Wanting to teach my daughter about history as she grows. Any resources you could recommend would be greatly appreciated.

From what I understand in the medieval era most farmers practiced subsistence farming and were part of something like a gift economy within their own villages which was the main method by which they obtained resources they couldn't make themselves. But by the industrial era most practiced commercial farming instead and were well integrated within the market-economy.

My question is why and how did this happen; and when did this process start occurring?

The Spinning Jenny as well as Newcomen’s and Watt’s steam engines were invented by the start of the American Revolution. It would make sense for news of these big inventions to spread to British colonies.

I saw this Post from r/thatsinsane, and I need some proof!

“Let’s not forget, that in the summer of 1518, within the town of Strasbourg, a lady had left her house and spontaneously begun to dance in the street. By the end of the week, thousands had joined her. They danced day and night without pause, their feet losing inches of skin, down to the flesh.”

Were his books just printed over and over again?

I started the book recently in its new edition, and I like the way it's written. Many informations about many ancient civilizations. I find it a good summary about what was going on not only during the 12th century BC but also many centuries before. It also details many ways of exchanges between those countries/empires. Another interesting point is the way it documents how discoverers found out many tombes, cities, etc... So I wanted to know how is the book considered by historians.

I understand it was a war prize, but I’ve never heard of any instances of Russia and the Italians warring in the Second World War. Can anyone shed light? Was it just Russia wanting their hands in everything?

I have a friend from college who once told me that his communications teacher informed him that when radio call signs were first being distributed there was a world conference in London (the International Radiotelegraphic Conferences at the beginning of the 20th century). America sent a delegate who was instructed to get U for the western half of the country and S for the east. But when he got to London his cabbie got lost trying to find the conference and they arrived late. As the story goes, when he got there only K and W were left. Is this true?

EDIT: Changed conference location from Paris to London

I am not a history major, I only had one GE Hist course in my degree, but I love reading history books since my family are big history nerds and we have resources. Reading all the shit that happened through history (of the capabilities of humanity to inflict pain and trauma in the most brutal and disgusting of ways) and to see problematic patterns repeating all around you made me depressed and anxious and sometimes in a state of existential dread. How do you, historians, deal with this and still cling hope to humanity?